Translation: Canadian Tamil Congress

20Mz;Lfspy; nuhwd;Nuhtpd; KjpNahu; vz;zpf;if 60%Mf mjpfupf;Fk;. tUfpw
Mz;Lfspy; ,e;j khw;wj;ijAk; KjpNahupd; NjitfisAk; re;jpf;Fk; tifapy; nuhwd;Nuh
efu rig xU KjpNahu; jpl;lj;ij cUthf;f Ntz;bAs;sJ. 2013Mk; Mz;L
midtUf;Fk; ghJfhg;ghd> cWjpahd> kypthd> milaj;jf;f> kfpoj;jf;f efUf;fhd
gupe;JiufisAk; jpl;lq;fisAk; efu rig xUkdjhf Vw;Wf;nfhz;lJ. ,j; jpl;lkhdJ
KjpNahupd; Njitfis milahsq;fhzTk; cz;ikepiy mwpaTk; xU
njhiyNehf;Fila epfo;r;rp epuiy cUthf;Fk; Nehf;fk; nfhz;ljhFk;.
KJikf;F tha;g;ghd efiu cUthf;Ftjpy; FKf fye;Jiuahlypd; mbg;gilapy; vl;L tplq;fis
cUthf;fpAs;sJ.
377,440 seniors, aged 65 and
over, live in Toronto - 14.4% of
SENIORS
• kjpj;jy; kw;Wk; cs;slf;fy;
the population. More than one• jd;dhu;tj; njhz;L> Ntiytha;g;G kw;Wk; FKf <LghL
quarter of seniors in Toronto
• FKf gq;Nfw;wy;
live alone.
• FKf cjtp kw;Wk; kUj;Jt Nritfs;
Toronto will be home to an
• tjptplj; jpl;lk;
Key Facts
estimated 1.1 million older
• Nghf;Ftuj;J
adults, aged 55 and over, in
• ntsp ,lq;fs; kw;Wk; fl;blq;fs;
2031, up from 680,945 today.
• njhlu;ghly; kw;Wk; jfty;
More than one in five Toronto
seniors lives in poverty. Rates
are higher for seniors with
disabilities, Aboriginal seniors,
seniors from racialized groups
and seniors who are
newcomers.
jpl;lq;fisr; nra;gLj;JtJjhd; fbdkhdJ.
•
nuhwd;Nuh KjpNahu; jpl;lj;ij Kd;ndLf;fTk; KjpNahu;
Njitfisr; re;jpf;fTk; efu rig vj;jifa
eltbf;iffis vLf;f Ntz;Lk;?
•
kypthd tjptplk;> KjpNahu; tho;tplk; kw;Wk; ePz;lfhy
guhkupg;G Mfpait milahsq; fhzg;gl;Ls;sd.
kypthd rupahd tho;tplj;ij Nkk;gLj;j efu rig
vd;d nra;a Ntz;Lk;?
kdeyk; kw;Wk; jdpik> kUj;Jtj; jpl;lq;fs; kw;Wk;
Neha;j; jLg;G> kypthd gy;> fz; kUj;Jtk; kw;Wk;
kUe;J Nghd;w kUj;Jtj; Njitfs; milahsq;
fhzg;gl;Ls;sd. ,tw;iw vt;thW ifahs;tPu;fs;?
KjpNahu; Fwpg;ghf khw;Wj; jpwdhsu; kw;Wk; nkhopr;
rpf;fy; nfhz;Nlhu; efu Nritfisg; ngw;Wf;nfhs;s
vd;d eltbf;if vLg;guP ;fs;?
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Social Planning Toronto
2 Carlton Street, Suite 1001
Toronto, ON M5B 1J3
Tel: (416) 351-0095
www.socialplanningtoronto.org
[email protected]
The Toronto Community
Housing Corporation serves
more than 26,000 residents
who are 59 years or older
Canadian Association of Retired Persons:
www.carp.ca
Canadian Pensioners Concerned:
www.canpension.ca
City of Toronto, The Toronto Seniors
Strategy: www.toronto.ca
Toronto Council on Aging:
www.torontocouncilonaging.com
Toronto Seniors Forum:
www.toronto.ca/seniors
Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA)
2401 Eglinton Ave. East, Suite 212
Toronto, ON M1K 2N8
Phone: (416) 932-1359
[email protected], Website: www.cassa.on.ca
Translation: Canadian Tamil Congress